CLAUDE PARENT Entre utopie et réalité EXHIBITION at YVON LAMBERT in PARIS

SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 contributor Claude PARENT'S Entre utopie et réalité exhibition at yvon lambert, in PARIS, is showing until the 28th of JULY, 2012.

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ONE OF FRANCE’S MOST REVERED ARCHITECTS, CLAUDE PARENT’S FUNCTION OF THE OBLIQUE, WHICH WAS FIRST DEVELOPED IN THE 1960’S, EXPLORED THE USE OF SLOPES & ANGLES, BECOMING INFLUENTIAL IN THE DESIGNS OF MANY CONTEMPORARY ‘STARCHITECTS’, SUCH AS JEAN NOUVEL, REM KOOLHAAS, & ZAHA HADID.

WORKING CLOSELY WITH PARENT [IN COLLABORATION WITH CENTRE POMPIDOU, CITÉ CHAILLOT, & FRAC CENTRE] TO CONCEIVE AN ‘IMAGINARY CITY’, PHOTOGRAPHED USING HIS ARCHIVE MAQUETTES, THE EXTENSIVE FEATURE IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 ALSO INCLUDES HIS CURRENT RESEARCH, UNPUBLISHED DRAWINGS & SKETCHES FROM THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, & AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH THE NOW ALMOST 90 YEAR-OLD ARCHITECTURAL PIONEER.

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CLAUDE PARENT's 'BETWEEN UTOPIA AND REALITY' EXHIBITION OPENING AT YVON LAMBERT

SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 contributor and famous french architect Claude PARENT is now showing at the yvon lambert gallery in paris. the exhibition displays a series of drawings based on his ongoing exploration into the function oblique, a concept created by PARENT and Paul Virilio, investigating a new kind of architectural and urban order.
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photography by matteo carcelli

SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 FEATURES PHOTOGRAPHS USING PARENT's ARCHIVE MAQUETTES, HIS CURRENT RESEARCH, UNPUBLISHED DRAWINGS & SKETCHES FROM THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, & AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH THE NOW ALMOST 90 YEAR-OLD ARCHITECTURAL PIONEER.

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CLAUDE PARENT EXHIBITION OPENING TOMORROW AT YVON LAMBERT GALLERY PARIS

One of the most respected modernist architects of France and CHAPTER006 contributor, Claude PARENT, will be having an exhibition of his work at the yvon lambert gallery in paris. The exhibition 'Between Utopia and Reality' will feature Parent's close relationship with the function oblique, AN ARTISTIC MOVEMENT OF modern architecture, implementing RAMPS, SLOPES AND ANGLES, keeping STRUCTURES FREE OF WALLS WHERE POSSIBLE, and making use of SPACE rather than SURFACE.
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PHOTOGRAPHY BY monika bielskyte

WORKING CLOSELY WITH PARENT [IN COLLABORATION WITH CENTRE POMPIDOU, CITE CHAILLOT, & FRAC CENTRE] TO CONCEIVE AN ‘IMAGINARY CITY’, SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 FEATURES PHOTOGRAPHS USING HIS ARCHIVE MAQUETTES, HIS CURRENT RESEARCH, UNPUBLISHED DRAWINGS & SKETCHES FROM THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, & AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH THE NOW ALMOST 90 YEAR-OLD ARCHITECTURAL PIONEER.

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CLAUDE PARENT 30-PAGE FEATURE IN SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006

ONE OF FRANCE’S MOST REVERED ARCHITECTS, CLAUDE PARENT’S FUNCTION OF THE OBLIQUE THEORY, WHICH WAS FIRST DEVELOPED IN THE 1960’S, EXPLORED THE USE OF SLOPES & ANGLES, BECOMING INFLUENTIAL IN THE DESIGNS OF MANY CONTEMPORARY ‘STARCHITECTS’, SUCH AS JEAN NOUVEL, REM KOOLHAAS, & ZAHA HADID. WORKING CLOSELY WITH PARENT [IN COLLABORATION WITH CENTRE POMPIDOU, CITE CHAILLOT, & FRAC CENTRE] TO CONCEIVE AN ‘IMAGINARY CITY’, SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 FEATURES PHOTOGRAPHS USING HIS ARCHIVE MAQUETTES, HIS CURRENT RESEARCH, UNPUBLISHED DRAWINGS & SKETCHES FROM THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, & AN IN-DEPTH INTERVIEW WITH THE NOW ALMOST 90 YEAR-OLD ARCHITECTURAL PIONEER.



INCLISITE, 1966




ARCHITECTURE PRINCIPE CENTRE THOMSON-HOUSTON, VÉLIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, 1966 / ARCHITECTURE PRINCIPE L’INCLISITE, 1966-1968 photographed by monika bielskyte

SPECIAL THANKS TO marie-ange brayer, aurelien rouan, & ludovic lalauze

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SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE CHAPTER006 PREVIEW AS WE ARE EDITING IT / PART 2

more instagram images DURING the editing process, taken by SOME/THINGS MAGAZINE editor-in-chief monika bielskyte. see more at twitter.com/#!/MONIKABIELSKYTE



photography by HIDEAKI UCHIYAMA




IMAGES FROM INTEL PROJECT, COLLABORATION BETWEEN some/things agency AND CREATIVE DUO DUSTIN EDWARD ARNOLD & NICHOLAS ALAN COPE




SYD MEAD FEATURE CONNECTING TO THE CLAUDE PARENT FEATURE




RICARDO BOFILL 'TALLER DE ARQUITECTURA'

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